27 March 2009

2. There’s this thing called punctuation. You might want to look into it....7. It probably wasn’t a good idea to base the main character on yourself, considering how much most people seem to hate you....15. It’s not technically a novel until you’ve written it down first....31. There’s a fine line between writing authentic regional dialogue and making all of your characters sound like stroke victims.

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J. L. BELL is a writer and reader of fantasy literature for children. His favorite authors include L. Frank Baum, Diana Wynne Jones, and Susan Cooper. He is an Assistant Regional Advisor in the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, and was the editor of Oziana, creative magazine of the International Wizard of Oz Club, from 2004 to 2010.

Living in Massachusetts, Bell also writes about the American Revolution at Boston 1775.